The doctors from all over the country will receive their salaries fully and on time. Moreover, the doctors who struggle against COVID-19 in the front line will get considerable bonuses to salaries, Deputy Prime Minister Sergiu Pușcuța, Minister of Finance, stated in the talk show “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.

“All those who are directly involved in the fight against this disease will receive appropriate salaries. This is a small part of our gratitude to the healthcare workers. With all this appreciation, the efforts made by them should be rewarded financially. This reward will be introduced when the state budget is amended,” said Sergiu Pușcuța.

He noted the doctors of inferior categories will also not be neglected and these will get bonuses to salaries depending on merits. The current method of determining specific and performance bonus payments will continue to be used, by decision of the managers, but should be reviewed.
 
Sergiu Pușcuța assured that the salaries of all the workers of the healthcare system will be paid fully and on time. An appropriate bonus pay will be applied in the case of persons involved directly in the prophylaxis and treatment processes.

According to the official, the authorities are considering the possibility of paying such rewards from other funds too, not only from the state budget or the mandatory health insurance funds.

As to the amendment of the budget, the minister said experts designed several scenarios that envision lack of economic growth or economic recession, but there are solutions to ensure minimum social and economic losses in both of the cases.